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The Borough of Dormont held its first budget meeting on October 7, 2026, at 2:45 PM (called to order at 6:01 PM per transcript) to review the proposed 2027 revenues and expenditures. Borough Manager John, Council members, and department heads discussed revenue projections, expenditure increases, parking fee potential, road program funding, and reserve policies. No votes were taken; the meeting served as a working session to refine the budget before the next capital budget discussion.
Yeah, sorry, you can go. To me, it's a it's official, it means official showing call to order at 6.01 p.m. and turn it over to the borough manager. All right. Um given everybody a hard copy. Ray is going to be pulling up the electronic budget. Uh from now on, this is the way the budget reports will read for the borough. Um, if you could uh blow that up a little bit 100% up the top. Um, real estate, your your taxes are going to be uh have in and I've spoken with both Andrew McCreary, Mark Romito, and Vicky concerning Vicky McGurk, the tax collector concerning these. Um many of the numbers are are pegged at the same rate as last year. The only difference would be we're estimating a little bit more money in the uh uh real estate taxes next year. Licenses licenses and permits, um, alcohol permit that is from the state, uh the vendors. Uh you know, obviously that's self-explanatory as well as amusement, uh alarm device permits kind of stay the same. The one of these licenses and permits, and I'm gonna stick to high points, places where there is a difference. Um feel free to compare 26 to 27, the two middle columns and see where the variance variances are. Please ask questions if you have any. Uh but the cable TV franchise, you'll see 2026 is 100,000. We budgeted in 2027, uh 90,000. Uh, that is a uh markdown, an intentional markdown as we are receiving less and less of that revenue as we go along. Um moving down, obviously into fines forfeits. Uh, much of that is gonna stay all of that stays the same. Interest earnings. Um, you know, we actually uh are looking at potentially making $15,000 more next year. Um down into our rentals. Uh, you see the DA building rent maintains the same now. I do think that with the upfit of all the new lights, that actually could become a more profitable contract because we pay the electric and utilities. Uh get into the rec rentals there. Um, this is an area we could potentially examine uh the finance and legal company uh committee to see if we want to increase those fees at all. Uh but uh left that at the same same amounts as last year. Yes, sir. The DA contract every that's a lease. Yeah, it's uh I believe we have a 10-year lease.